Have you dug your hole?

'Gospel radio; I am dizzy with the fumes of gasoline And blood of Jesus'
-Geoffrey Wilson

It is a haiku taken from Geoffrey Wilson's '100 Mississippi Delta Blues Haiku'.

I was watching the bomb blast out side the US consulate in Karachi in a news channel. For last one month or so, it is a usual piece of news. The protests against the defamation of Prophet Mohammed have turned violent. It has fermented the hatred and intolerance.

Fumes of gasoline and blood of Jesus create a surrealistic collage when America hunts for oil reserves in the ruins of bloodshed wars. The infamous ‘evil forces’ with their weird beard and turban also have contributed enough to this carnage.

Blood suckers sucks! They are there everywhere, growling loudly, kicking on the rolling skulls of innocent children. Curse on them!

I bet! Those who have taken sword are by sword itself! Whether it is the Arab war fervor in disguise of Islamic ideology, or US led western jingoism in the names of so called liberal democracy.

Terror rules the world. You can see it in manifested motifs like, 9\11, 7\7, Dec 6, Osama, Cartoon (A piece of artistic creation becoming a word for terror is quite deconstructive), turban, beard, camouflaged shorts with ‘white’ faces, whistles, shrieks, sirens, daisy cutters (you said ‘daisy’, right?) and CNN.

The old ‘blood for blood’ battles of landlords, tribes, Shylocks, witches and wizards have all come back with inundated thirst.

I can not hide anywhere.

Dig your hole…. You are safe there!

Comments

Anonymous said…
Hey, that was a dramatic piece. You have greatly improved. Why not try your hand at writing poetry?

Those who take the sword die by sword itself.

DOn't you get any news from India there? Manmohan is sleeping with Bush. And the media is celebrating.

Celebrate!!! We too are part of the empire officially. Don't know when China will nuke Mumbai. And if you think Dubai is safe, take me too there.

I am going to drink myself to sleep. Neither my personal life is going well nore anything hopeful is happening in the greater world.

Why do I keep chasing masculine women? I mean women who think like en? Starting from Dhanya, that has been the case, right? I think I was a cassenova like figure in my last-life or I am being punished for not using my talents if I have any.
Anonymous said…
plz shamir,
i wd like to knw abt u........
reveal urself first, ur egoes, ur problems, c'mon ur a hypocrat....... am i correct...
writing abt big deals... pity on u

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